Sunday, April 8, 2018

Schools : HCA2018 Winners : Eiko Kadono & Igor Oleynikov : resources

The Hans Christian Andersen Award is the highest international recognition given to an author and an illustrator of children's books. Given every other year by IBBY, the Hans Christian Andersen Awards recognize lifelong achievement and are presented to an author and an illustrator whose complete works have made an important, lasting contribution to children's literature. The award seeks to recognize authors and illustrators whose work represents an "important, lasting contribution to children's literature." J.K.Rowling was the writer winner in 2010.

"There is an ineffable charm, compassion, and élan in the work of this great Japanese author. Whether in her many marvellous and funny picture books, or her great series of novels about the witch Kikior her novel set during World War II about a brave girl who must walk through a terrifying tunnel of trees to get to school, Kadono’s books are always surprising, engaging, and empowering. And almost always fun. And always life affirming.

While delivering packages on her broomstick, Kiki, a charming young witch, and Jiji, her cynical cat, learn important lessons in life, friendship, and trust that help Kiki to realize her full potential.

Kiki is a young 13-year-old witch living in a village where her mother is the resident herbalist. Traditionally, witches live alone for a year when they reach the age of 13. One night, Kiki takes off for the big city with her best friend Jiji, a talkative black cat. (...)

The original Kiki's Delivery Service novel was published in Japan in 1985 by Fukuinkan Shoten. In a first English translation of the Japanese book that was made into a full-length animated feature by Disney. Simultaneous.

"Although Kadono has travelled widely throughout the world, her stories are deeply rooted in Japan and show us a Japan that is filled with all kinds of unexpected people."

When Grandma dies, Grandpa is too sad to do anything. All day long, day after day, he sits by himself in his house. Then, one day, Grandpa wakes up and decides to try to make the soup his wife used to make for him. Though each batch he makes is bigger and better than the last, Grandpa hardly gets a taste of it. Unexpected visitors, hungry for soup, keep arriving at his door. Soon, Grandpa discovers that sharing with his new friends is the best cure for his loneliness.

"Furthermore, he brings an extraordinary cast of characters to life – from young boys and girls, to witches and giants, to wolves and sharks, to fairies and trolls, to Joshua and Ruth from the Old Testament, to even a brilliant tiny mouse who goes to Harvard! Though he claims not to like illustrating ‘cute’ children, he is more than capable of creating beauty – in his landscapes and in his characters."

Mahalia Mouse and her family live underneath Dunster House, an old Harvard dormitory. Foraging for food for her younger brothers and sisters, Mahalia gets trapped in a backpack and then finds herself inside a classroom far from home. Mahalia, intrigued by the lecture, starts attending classes and soon becomes a full-time student - all the while wondering about the fate of her family. But when graduation day finally arrives, Mahalia has a wonderful surprise waiting for her.

Written as part of his keynote address at Harvard's commencement, this latest book from John Lithgow, illustrated by Igor Oleynikov incorporates includes a CD of him reading the text at the commencement. Mahalia's story has an inspiring message for graduates or anyone whose success is worthy of celebration.

One may be surprised that a movie can be built on no antagonist. Even so, it is still highly entertaining and enjoyable, with values and meanings that are by no means less than its predecessors.Soundtrack by Joe Hisaishi on iTunes.

The movie is set in the seaside town Koriko which the main character Kiki played by actress Fuka Koshiba chooses as her training location; the movie describes the life and delivery work of a little girl. The figure of the black cat Jiji, voiced acted by Minako Kotobuki, was also unveiled for the first time.

The inspiration for both Miyazaki’s and Shimizu’s features came from Eiko Kadono’s 1985 children’s novel of the same title.

Following the success of the anime, Kadono wrote five more volumes from 1993-2009, charting the heroine’s passage into womanhood.

The screenplay by Shimizu and Satoko Okudera stitches together new plots from Kadono’s later books (mostly from the second volume, “Kiki and Her New Magic”), and it retains the formless, episodic nature of the author’s writing.

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Education:My last posts continue to talk about books. It's impossible not to mentionne all the news about children's books in these last days. And of course, I love books. My master in Humanities reminds me how books, and children's booksheralding magic and values. Students have a lot technology. They are immersed on smartphones - you know I'm not against. On the contrary. They born into technology time. I write often about education and technology. It's imperative to use technology in our lessons.

But books are special. It's the humanities values they need to live into so many technology.

These two winners, writer Eiko Kadono and illustrator Igor Oleynikov will captivate your young students, future writers or illustrators - who knows -stimulating their imagination and "offering creative solutions to obstacles that we will find along the way."

The love of books can give rise to a new generation of poets, writers or illustrators by reading inLanguages and Arts school curriculum.

The inspiration for students will come this from Kadono and Oleyniko children’s novels and illustrations among other great writers and illustrators.

Activities for students:

Reading the books by Eiko Kadono and Igor Oleynikov on different grades. Discussing the diferences and the importance of the two authors in children's literature (writing/illustration). Don't forget to prepare previously the pedagogical material to your lessons;

Watching Kiki's Delivered Service (animation and live-action. The inspiration for both Miyazaki’s and Shimizu’s features came from Eiko Kadono’s 1985 children’s novel of the same title; Discussing the diferences of the versions;

In groups, recalling information about the two authors, Eiko Kadono and Igor Oleynikov, exploring Google Earth and Google Maps.

Choosing one novel of each author and making reading contest and new illustration contest at school.

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Gina Souto was guest tweeting from TEDxKids in Brussels on June 1st."48 kids, all of them born in 2000, are going get their hands dirty, soldering, tinkering, hacking and composing. A series of hands-on workshops will introduce the kids to a range of skills and methods.

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